Yona Speidel

Our Lady J is an Emmy-nominated writer, director and producer, best-known for her writing on Pose, Transparent, and American Horror Story. Before Lady J's career in film and television, she toured the world as a professional pianist and holds the honor of being the first out trans woman to perform at Carnegie Hall, as well as the first out trans writer to be hired in a television writers room. She has received two Peabody Awards, three American Film Institute awards, three Writers Guild Award nominations and two NAACP Image Award nominations. As a producer, her shows have garnered a combined total of 48 Emmy nominations, 12 Emmy wins, 13 Golden Globe nominations, 3 Golden Globe wins, 20 Critics' Choice nominations, and 3 Critics' Choice wins, among others.